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Than, what's the point of using a secure communication app if you must also install a spying rootkit to make it work? For me it makes the whole TS not viable.
by mbq 12y ago
Than, what's the point of using a secure communication app if you must also install a spying rootkit to make it work? For me it makes the whole TS not viable.
- solstice 12y agoseems that they are trying to replace Google's push API with a websocket-based solution. See https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1106 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1106
- glogla 12y agoSadly, the author of TextSecure doesn't think so. He thinks side-loading of apps and alternate app stores are a problem (he says that allowing installs that don't come from Play store is "returning to desktop security model which is completely broken" [1]). He also opposes TextSecure being on f-droid, etc. [1]: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127
- motters 12y agoI'm also running CyanogenMod without the mothership, and that's exactly what I thought. While apps such as TextSecure appear to have a good reputation needing to install probably backdoored proprietary software to obtain them seems to defeat the objective.
- aw3c2 12y agoPlease see http://support.whispersystems.org/customer/portal/articles/1476204-why-do-i-need-google-play-installed-to-use-textsecure-on-android- http://support.whispersystems.org/customer/portal/articles/1... If you can suggest viable alternatives, I am certain that the team would love to drop Google from it.